258, Lot: 228. Estimate $300. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos. 285-246 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.11 g, 12h). Sidon mint. Dated RY 31 (255/4 BC). Diademed bust of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, ΣI above monogram; ΛA (date) to right. Svoronos 736; SNG Copenhagen 513. VF, minor marks and deposits.